Getting Free Ring Tones - Fact or Fiction?


by Marc Ilgen - Date: 2007-03-20 - Word Count: 461 Share This!

Ringtone ads are all over the web. This is not surprising, given the fact that cellphones are everywhere these days too. With such a popular device, people need to personalize their mobile phone to the best of their abilities. And certainly, having any number of ringtones is a terrific way to accomplish this.

Furthermore ringtones are not even the only way to customimze a cellphone. People can get wallpapers, or images that serve the purpose of backgrounds for the display on their device. With newer cellphones having faster processors, cellphone games have emerged as a popular addition to many cellphone models. So, cellphones are no longer just about making phonecalls. These devices are now often used as an expression of the style and personality of the person that owns the cellphone.

many firms have jumped into the ringtone market hoping to capitalize on this desire for user creativity. Even the carriers themselves are now offering ringtones to their subscribers. The carriers and many other companies use a common business model for delivering these ringtones - the user pays a fee of between one and three dollars per ring tone in order to purchase and download the ringtone.

But some companies seem to offer free ringtones to consumers. The advertisements tell users to enter their phone number and they will be able to download some number of free ringtones. Is this the real deal? Well, only partially.

Look at the fine print in the ad. In most case, by entering the phone number you are also agreeing to sign up for a ringtone subscription plan at around ten dollars per month. This subscription plan gives you a certain number of credits to spend every month on ringtones and wallpapers. By signing up, you do indeed get a number of extra credits for some extra ringtones. So to some extent these are free ringtones, but you only get the free ones by signing up for a somewhat costly monthly service.

So what can you do instead? There are some services that provide software systems that let you to create your own ringtones from your own set of CDs or MP3 files. A service like this will also let you use your own digital pictures to upload custom wallpapers for your phone. If you are skilled in computer usage and are willing to spend some time doing this, then this can be a good choice.

But if this too much of your time, there are other services that give you unlimited ringtone downloads for a flat fee. Generally these services are much less expensive than those services that deceptively advertise free ringtones. So it usually pays to research ringtone deals fairly extensively before jumping in.

For an original version of this and other articles related to this topic, see cellphone articles.


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Marc Ilgen is an expert in cellphone technology. His website http://www.bestringtoneprogram.info discusses unlimited ringtone download programs in more detail.

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